date

Access: Administrator only

Definition: Configure the date used by the Rack PDU.

To configure an NTP server to define the date and time for the Rack PDU, see “Set the Date and Time” on page 76.

Option

Argument

Description

 

 

 

-d

<“datestring”>

Set the current date. Use the date format specified by the date -f

 

 

command.

-t

<00:00:00>

Configure the current time, in hours, minutes, and seconds. Use the 24-hour

 

 

clock format.

 

 

 

-f

mm/dd/yy

Select the numerical format in which to display all dates in this user interface.

 

dd.mm.yyyy

Each letter m (for month), d (for day), and y (for year) represents one digit.

 

mmm-dd-yy

Single-digit days and months are displayed with a leading zero.

 

dd-mmm-yy

 

 

yyyy-mm-dd

 

 

 

 

-z

<time zone offset>

Set the difference with GMT in order to specify your time zone. This enables

 

 

you to synchronize with other people in different time zones.

 

 

 

Example 1: To display the date using the format yyyy-mm-dd, type:

date -f yyyy-mm-dd

Example 2: To define the date as October 30, 2009, using the format configured in the preceding example, type:

date -d “2009-10-30”

Example 3: To define the time as 5:21:03 p.m., type:

date -t 17:21:03

delete

Access: Administrator only

Description: Delete a file in the file system.

Argument

Description

 

 

<file name>

Type the name of the file to delete.

 

 

dir

Access: Administrator, Device User

Description: View the files and folders stored on the Rack PDU.

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APC AP8886, AP88XX, AP8861 manual Date, Delete, Argument Description, Dir

AP8886, AP88XX, AP8861 specifications

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